We should come up with a list of the biggest clowns and start narrowing down the choice. Who are the possible candidates?

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I'm always partial to the guys from the late '80's early '90's like Gene Shue, Jimmy Lynam or Kevin Loughery who kept getting jobs despite their dismal W-L records. Matty Goukas could be another candidate. Lawrence Frank back for a second tour of duty after a one year break would be an interesting twist of the knife. Mo Cheeks?

Follow the Nets success story and hire Chauncey Billups for coach. Jason Kidd is doing great in his first year as a coach. His team made it to the playoffs, and made it to the second round. They look like they're on the path to take the defending champions all the way to 4 games in the second round.

Hell, why don't we just go all-in? Dumars built the second championship team as an executive. Have those old farts from 2004 come in and build the third one. Bup bup & Sheed on the sidelines. Big Ben as the scout. Like I said, Rip can be in charge of media relations. Once he retires, Prince can organize the family picnics and golf outings.

The lowdown: Of the six jobs currently open, the Detroit opening is easily the worst. Yes, the Pistons have Drummond, who has a chance to become the next Dwight Howard thanks to his unique size/speed combination. From a courtside seat, there are few things more awe-inspiring/terrifying than watching Drummond catch an alley-oop as he’s flying towards the rim. He’s like a heat-seeking missile that detonates when he reaches the basket.

But even with Drummond, a top-10 pick in this year’s loaded draft and a little over $20 million in expected cap room, there is little to be optimistic about in Detroit. The Pistons have been all over the place under the ownership of Tom Gores, who is coming up on his third anniversary of buying the team back and has a franchise in the midst of a third coaching search as well as a general manager search after longtime GM Joe Dumars stepped down last month.

Once Detroit figures out what it wants to do with its GM and coach spots, it will have to figure out what to do with Greg Monroe, the other young, talented Pistons big man and a restricted free agent this summer. This season proved the triumvirate of Drummond, Monroe and Josh Smith is an awkward one – and that the Pistons will be better off moving Monroe or Smith this summer. Given that Smith is signed for three more years and owed more than $40 million, it’s going to be very hard to move him.

Ideal candidate: None. There are too many variables here, beginning with the general manager, to single out any single ideal candidate.

Intriguing candidate: Mark Jackson. After crafting a stout defense in Golden State, you would think Jackson would be able to do so in Detroit with an anchor like Drummond to build around. Also, for an organization lacking an identity after so many coaching changes and the departure of Dumars, Jackson would certainly provide one.

I really don't want Mark Jackson. But at this point the options are limited.

George Karl has addressed a desire to come back and coach. I would definitely take him on board. Same goes for Lionel Hollins (who we should have hired in the first place). But the reality is that there are few top level NBA coaches who would be willing to come to Detroit.

Like him or hate, I could argue Mark Jackson would be the best coaching candidate since we fired Flip. Also, many say they don't want Jackson, but guess what - I think many coaches say they don't want the Pistons. Jackson's resume actually probably puts him as overqualified for this job.